The FedEx Cup Points Reset and Tour Championship Points

Scotchman in San Diego wanted to know how the FedEx Cup points were reset going into the Tour Championship so that he could conduct a few “what if” scenarios. Playing with a few numbers makes it pretty clear, though. Any of the top five can win by winning the Tour Championship; anyone outside the top five can win if they finish first at the Tour Championship, and the other top players finish unexpectedly low. So here they are; regardless of the number of points players previously had accumulated, the FedEx Cup points are reset going into the Tour Championship as follows:

1 (Tiger Woods) – 2,500
2 (Steve Stricker) – 2,250
3 (Jim Furyk) – 2,000
4 (Zach Johnson) – 1,800
5 (Heath Slocum) – 1,600
6 (Padraig Harrington) – 1,400
7 (Sean O’Hair) – 1,200
8 (Scott Verplank) – 1,000
9 (Kenny Perry) – 800
10 (Jason Duffner) – 600
11 (Dustin Johnson) – 480
12 (Nick Watney) – 460
13 (Geoff Ogilvy) – 440
14 (Phil Mickelson) – 420
15 (Retief Goosen) – 400
16 (Mark Leishman) – 380
17 (Brian Gay) – 360
18 (Kevin Na) – 340
19 (David Toms) – 320
20 (Lucas Glover) – 310
21 (YE Yang) – 300
22 (Ernie Els) – 290
23 (Hunter Mahan) – 280
24 (Angel Cabrera) – 270
25 (Steve Marino) – 260
26 (Stewart Cink) – 250
27 (Mike weir) – 240
28 (Luke Donald) – 230
29 (Jerry Kelly) – 220
30 (John Senden) – 210

Players earn points at the Tour Championship as follows.

1 – 2,500
2 – 1,500
3 – 1,000
4 – 750
5 – 550
6 – 500
7 – 450
8 – 425
9 – 400
10 – 375
11 – 350
12 – 325
13 – 300
14 – 285
15 – 280
16 – 275
17 – 270
18 – 265
19 – 260
20 – 255
21 – 250
22 – 245
23 – 240
24 – 235
25 – 230
26 – 225
27 – 220
28 – 215
29 – 210
30 – 205